Ahmadinejad vs. the Propagandists: We are against Terrorism, Zionism, Occupation, War; Bush says OK to Columbia U. Visit
Propagandist's Want to Control American's Perceptions--Desire Blind Acceptance
It has been quite a circus since last Friday. Amazingly, so many follow blindly, for the like to be associated with patriotism, even if it's premise is absolutely false. Allegations and lies have sustained the propaganda against Iran. Local talk radio, where today Agnello was joined by Kent Carper who made the most baseless claims and allegations about Ahmadinejad, (ingratiating himself again with the hosts who opposed him on gambling) has been absolutely stupid and foolish looking, signing banners and posters for the NYPD, who only refused for "security reasons" (not political) to permit a visit to Ground Zero, because the security effort would have been too monopolizing. (It was not to "stand up" against Ahmadinejad, per the press conference, for those who observe for themselves). IRAN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11 and is only ACCUSED of being the "largest state sponsor of terrorism"--an outright falsehood, yet repeated (like WMD) by the administration. (Ground Zero is not the ''most hallowed ground', but the bloody war fields where American independence from King George was won, which freedoms are now being lost to another King George, and where the dissenting churches gathered to pray and resist the tyrannical British government and the Church of England who persecuted them. Overstatement is a hallmark of deceitful propaganda--i.e. "Hitler", "hallowed ground", etc.. No one cares about the 9/11 widows who want a new investigation of 9/11, who are persecuted--see video in right column).
Now the President of Iran gets to answer, but the propagandists are afraid to let him speak, for it might change Americans' perceptions. It is hard to hate someone who is willing to talk calmly with you--"a soft answer turns away wrath", which is Ahmadinejad's method to halt the antagonism.
QUESTION FOR THE PROPAGANDISTS: IF BUSH STATES THAT IRAN IS THE BIGGEST SPONSOR OF TERRORISM, WHY DID BUSH SAY "IT'S OKAY WITH ME" IF AHMADINEJAD VISITS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY? (See quote below).
It is clear just who is for peace, and who is for war. Ahmadinejad's only real threat is that he is able to reason and speak (if the translators will translate, and media let us hear) and refute the lies Americans are being told from the democratic jihadists, led by the neocon think tanks and (unofficial) "intelligence experts", and sycophant media, as well as the administration. Now if he were an "arrogant dictator" (like Bush who has expanded Executive power, and seized Martial Law powers for himself), why would he attempt to talk so openly, in denial of the accusations? To the contrary, secrecy is a mark of the Bush neoconservative administration, which avoids even Congress' and the Courts' scrutiny. The levels of credibility between the two governments is self-evident.
All the commotion has been a well-orchestrated propaganda effort (stirring "grass roots" through neocon media sycophants) to drown out what Ahmadinejad might say, his disbelief in the official fiction about 9/11 that led to wars, and that there is no credible evidence to believe that Iran will attack anyone, or wants a nuke. Like children on a kindergarten play ground that cover their ears and cry "blah, blah, blah", the propaganda machine has been fired up to shout down the President of Iran's visit and prevent Americans from listening, and paint him in the most demonic colors, while there is no evidence to prove the allegations, in order to further an "inevitable" road to war desired by the neoconservative administration for a "new middle east". Note that CBS plays the Zionist war-monger role, hardly "liberal", nor did Columbia University's dean who introduced him. None the less, the truth is coming out, and cannot be hidden. Words are more powerful than swords, and their only hope is that people will not READ or LISTEN to the entire interviews and speech for themselves, and thereby easily led. Here are some rough notes as a guide to investigate for yourself.
Remember from our earlier article, over 25,000 Jews live in Iran (as he also refers to) and practice their own freedom of religion and have representation in Parliament--thus refuting the accusation that he is "Hitler". There is no genocide in Iran of Jews or Christians, despite the neocon propaganda that "they want to kill Christians and Jews...they are plotting to kill us every day". If they do not do it in Iran, they do not do it outside Iran. Meanwhile the CIA is involved within Iran trying to provoke insurrection and revolution. How would American government react to that? Iranian President makes clear he is for peace, not war, and pleads for the Palestinians against the oppression of the Zionist regime, as well as for Iraqi's against U.S. occupation, denying they are involved at all, that they only want security for the region. So what is wrong with all that? Oh, but "the Iran hostage crisis" they say. What goes around comes around, the CIA overthrew the government of Iran, and was penetrating it again, and you expect people to not react to infiltrators? Do people really believe that incidents happen for no reason to the U.S.? It is beyond naive to think in such a stupid fashion.
Ahmajinidad: We are against Terrorism, Zionism, Occupation, War; U.S. is making false accusations
Consider, again, the following from the Society of Professional Journalists:
Seek Truth and Report It
Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.
Journalists should:
— Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible.
— Diligently seek out subjects of news stories to give them the opportunity to respond to allegations of wrongdoing.
— Make certain that headlines, news teases and promotional material, photos, video, audio, graphics, sound bites and quotations do not misrepresent. They should not oversimplify or highlight incidents out of context.
— Support the open exchange of views, even views they find repugnant.
— Give voice to the voiceless; official and unofficial sources of information can be equally valid.
— Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context.
— Distinguish news from advertising and shun hybrids that blur the lines between the two.
THE CBS INTERVIEWER THUS VIOLATED THE CODE OF ETHICS OF JOURNALISM, AND THAT TO A HEAD OF A STATE GOVERNMENT. Ahmadinejad did not fail to call this to his attention either.
But Ahmadinejad went on to say that he was defending the rights of European scholars, an apparent reference to a small number who have been prosecuted under national laws for denying or minimizing the Holocaust.
"There's nothing known as absolute," he said.
Asked why he had asked to visit the World Trade Center site - a request denied by New York authorities - Ahmadinejad said he wanted to express sympathy for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
[Question: Why would he want to do that if he supports terrorism? In his interviews, he makes it clear he does not, and denounces it.]
Then he appeared to question whether al-Qaida was responsible, saying more research was needed.
"If the root causes of 9/11 are examined properly - why it happened, what caused it, what were the conditions that led to it, who truly was involved, who was really involved - and put it all together to understand how to prevent the crisis in Iraq, fix the problem in Afghanistan and Iraq combined," Ahmadinejad said.
...He (Bush) told Fox News Channel that if Bollinger considered Ahmadinejad's visit an educational experience for Columbia students, "I guess it's OK with me."
—On a toughly worded criticism in the introduction by Columbia University president Lee Bollinger, who called him a "petty and cruel dictator": I think the text read by the dear gentleman here, more than addressing me, was an insult to information and the knowledge of the audience here, present here. In a university environment we must allow people to speak their mind, to allow everyone to talk so that the truth is eventually revealed by all. —On the Holocaust: Why is it that the Palestinian people are paying the price for an event they had nothing to do with? —On Holocaust deniers: My question was simple: There are researchers who want to approach the topic from a different perspective. Why are they put into prison? Right now, there are a number of European academics who have been sent to prison because they attempted to write about the Holocaust or research it from a different perspective, questioning certain aspects of it. My question is: Why isn't it open to all forms of research? —On Israel as a Jewish state: We love all nations. We are friends with the Jewish people. There are many Jews living in Iran with security. You must understand that in our constitution and our laws and the parliamentary elections for every 150,000 people we get one representative in the parliament. For the Jewish community one-fifth of this number they still get one independent representative in the parliament. Our proposal to the Palestinian plight is a humanitarian and a democratic proposal. What we say is that to solve this 60-year problem, we must allow the Palestinian people to decide about its future for itself. —On nuclear research: Some big powers create a monopoly over science and prevent other nations in achieving scientific development as well. This, too, is one of the surprises of our time. Some big powers do not want to see the progress of other societies and nations. They turn to thousands of reasons, make allegations, place economic sanctions to prevent other nations from developing and advancing, all resulting from their distance from human values and the teachings of the divine prophets. Regretfully, they have not been trained to serve mankind. —On 9/11: Why did this happen? What caused it? What conditions led to it? .. Who truly was involved? Who was really involved and put it all together? —On executions of homosexuals in Iran: In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that like in your country. ... In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have this.
Quotes by Iran's Ahmadinejad
Sep 24 03:29 PM US/Eastern
By The Associated Press
Comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose remarks were translated from Farsi.
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